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A spacecraft flew past the icy dwarf planet Pluto in 2015. The mission was:

ASolar Orbiter
BSpace Shuttle
CMars Explorer
DNew Horizons
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. New Horizons
1. Pluto had never been visited before that flyby. 2. A NASA mission reached it in 2015. 3. That mission was New Horizons. _Source: OpenStax Astronomy 2e, Chapter 7, Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System._
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